Quotes from BrainChains

“Brainworkers’ increasing lack of reflection is a huge
problem we must resolve; it is not a challenge we can avoid. “

“The problem with ICT is not what we do with it, but what we
don’t do any more because of our way of using it. “

“The paradox is that the hyperconnectedness that makes all
this information available is, at the same time, for many the most important
obstacle to their reflecting brain making good use of it”

“Reflection takes time: reconquer your time.”

“A most important rule for intellectual productivity: Totally
disconnect one hour a day

“With a “flat brain” you cannot thrive in a “flat world”

“Professionals become “adhocrats” and their organizations
“adhocracies”, replacing the bureaucrats in bureaucracies.”

“If right-tasking is like swimming, then multitasking is like
treading water; you might stay afloat but it doesn’t get you anywhere. “

“Negative stress makes smart people behave stupid. “

“It’s worse than you think, and if you don’t think, it’s
worse. “

“They don’t think, they e-mail.”

“If you use e-mail for anything other than informing people
and transmitting simple, unequivocal requests for tasks with little ambiguity,
you are creating problems for the receivers, the company and yourself. “

“If you want to know if you office is right for the work you
do, do the telephone test: If you need to concentrate for your work and you can
hear other people on the phone, you are in the wrong office.”

“Tiredness and driving are a lethal cocktail. Throw a phone
into the mix and it’s catastrophic. “

“There is only one safe place for your phone while driving:
in the glove box, switched off and out of reach. “

“Constantly scanning screens of information is like gobbling
down your food without digesting it. The result is indigestion, infobesitas or
information overload. “

“The greatest gift in a real conversation, discussion or
meeting is undivided attention. If Steve Jobs had been glued to his iPhone,
he never would have invented the iPhone.
“

“The hyper-connected, hyper-tasking, hyper-productive
brainworker is a total myth. In reality they are hyper-connected,
hyper-tasking, hyper-active, hyper-underachievers. Ignorance or neglect of our
brain’s instruction manual results in clever people underperforming or doing
stupid things. “